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This Day in History, July 27
On July 27th, 1866, the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable was completed. Read More
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As Las Vegas grows, Clark County looks to protect its burrowing owls
Before Rick Walker retired and became an owl monitor at the Rainbow Owl Preserve in the northwest valley, he was a dentist in New Orleans.
Walker said there’s a common thread between the two pursuits: watching his ...Read more
Commentary: America's wildlife refuges may no longer protect the animals
The early 1900s were a very bad time to be a bird. On average, more than 5 million were killed every year — not for sustenance, but to feed perhaps the most frivolous of trades: plume-topped hats.
Ostentatious headwear ...Read more
This Day in History, July 26
On July 26th, 1956, Egyptian leader Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.
Increased 'gunk' in Boise River led to Dept. of Environmental Quality testing. It's 'rock snot.' Huh?
Chandler Bondurant fly-fishes in the Boise River every day, but since the first week of July, the only thing he’s caught is slime.
“It’s pretty much unfishable in town,” Bondurant told the Idaho Statesman.
As ...Read more
Today's Word "Gadfly"
gadfly \GAD-fly\ (noun) - 1 : One who persistently annoys. 2 : Any of the various types of flies that bite livestock.
"Despite his stern image, Frederic loved gossip and bawdy, silly jokes and became close friends with ...Read more
Greek Mythology
Complete the series by making a selection from the pool.
Series: Hermes, Aphrodite, Gaea, Ares, Zeus, Cronus, Uranus, Poseidon, ?
Pool: Athena, Dionysus, Eros, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera
View full teaser and answerColorado weather: Temperatures hit 103 degrees in Denver amid statewide record heat
Another day of record-breaking heat hit Colorado’s Front Range and Eastern Plains on Sunday, with temperatures climbing above 100 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures in Denver reached 103 ...Read more
Words with AB
Five words that contain AB as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words?
-AB--, ---AB, AB----, AB-----, -AB----
Pool: C, E, E, I, I, I, L, L, N, P, Q, R, S, S, T, T, T, U, U, Y
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As North America grapples with destructive wildfires, 'super' El Niño may offer hope
LOS ANGELES — As wildfires rage across Canada and the American West, the announcement from federal forecasters that an El Niño warming is forming thousands of miles away in the tropical Pacific Ocean may offer some ...Read more
This Day in History, July 25
On July 25th, 1894, the first Sino-Japanese War began.
Persons of Interest
What is the meaning of this rebus?
marcus Brutus
john wilkes Booth
Billy the kid
Bonnie parker
clyde Barrow
Pennsylvania roads are being coated in radioactive wastewater − here’s why
Pennsylvania’s roughly 100,000 oil and gas wells produce wastewater that’s many times saltier than seawater and contains radium, a known carcinogen. For decades, that saltwater, called brine, was spread on dirt and ...Read more
How do scientists know if climate change made a heat wave, extreme storm or wildfire worse?
When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people often want to know: How much did human-caused climate change influence this event, if at all?
For many years, scientists could answer ...Read more
SpaceX Starship launches on 13th test flight
Engines were switched and a tropical storm had moved along, so SpaceX was able to launch the Starship and Super Heavy rocket on its 13th suborbital test mission on Friday night.
The heavy-lift rocket lifted off at 6:51 p....Read more
Congress weighs killing more seals, sea lions to save salmon
WASHINGTON — Federal lawmakers are considering whether to expand the government’s authority to kill more sea lions and seals to bolster salmon recovery efforts in the Pacific Northwest.
The region’s critical salmon ...Read more
The San Andreas fault has gone ominously silent. Scientists fear when it finally snaps
LOS ANGELES -- It lurks ominously beneath California’s many natural wonders, a reminder that nothing in this landscape is truly permanent.
It’s been described as “the mother of all earthquake faults,” the source ...Read more
How climate change could redraw California's wine map
It was Labor Day 2017, and the remote thermometer at McIntyre Estate Vineyard in Monterey County’s Santa Lucia Highlands was registering a noontime temperature Steve McIntyre couldn’t quite believe: 104 degrees.
...Read more
Today's Word "laconic"
laconic \luh-KON-ik\ (adjective) - Sparing with words, concise, terse.
"Lana's laconic way of speaking was completely at odds with her wordy, rambling prose style."
From Latin Laconicus, from Greek Lakonikos, from Lakon,...Read more
This Day in History, July 24
On July 24th, 1847, Brigham Young and 148 Mormon pioneers arrived in Salt Lake Valley.
Motherly Love
Black as night I can be,
Until my Mother sits on me;
Then clear as ice I become
In the rough, thank you Mum.
What am I?
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- Commentary: America's wildlife refuges may no longer protect the animals
- As Las Vegas grows, Clark County looks to protect its burrowing owls
- Congress weighs killing more seals, sea lions to save salmon
- Increased 'gunk' in Boise River led to Dept. of Environmental Quality testing. It's 'rock snot.' Huh?
- As North America grapples with destructive wildfires, 'super' El Niño may offer hope
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